NICS and MMM

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MikeK

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I purchased my first AR15 today in honor of the MMM. I have been deliberating among several rifles for about 6 months.

COINCIDENTALLY, the NICS system is down for 'routine maintenance' until 9:00 tonight or maybe noon tommorrow.

Any bets on whether the system is back up before monday? I'd love to go shooting tommorrow with a new gun, but I'm not planning on it.

I have worked in the IT field for over 25 years. We always scheduled our routine maintenance for off hours.


HMMMM.
 
My company, too.

But we are talking about a government agency, here... "Work on the weekend? What's that?"
 
I hope you've got a backup gun to go shooting with this weekend. I'll be surprised if NICS is back up before Sunday, late. :(

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so if all sales must legally complete a NICS check, and the system is compromised, what options do we have?

any?

Is this a taste of how they can end all gun sales?

dZ
 
dz;

After just watching the smug look on the talking head on the 11:00 o'clock news announcing the NICS 'software failure' and claiming it probably won't be back up until monday, I fear you're correct. The thought had occurred to me when I made the post.

How easy it is to stop gun sales - and it's the fault of the computer.

Assuming NICS is back up sometime next week, I will have to accelerate my purchase plans.

Those rotten b****rds!
 
A local (Denver) radio talk show host had called a coupla of his cop buddies who told him that "their" NICS system (NCIC ?) was up & runnin' - no problems.

Perhaps they're using the CBI check for just local/state background info ....
 
Lab,

Could be wrong, but I think CO uses a state run system (CBI) instead of the Fed NICS.

org
 
Guess what folks, the NICS being down isn't going to stop me. As a Texas CHL holder I can walk into a texas gun store pay my money and walk right out with my gun. God I love Texas. Screw the Feds, I'd bet my next paycheck that this was planned in advance...

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It does sorta have that Clintonesque quality to it, doesn't it?

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CO had, by CO exec order restarted the CBI checks in addtion to the fed NCIS. Too, the CO Legislature passed the measure & The Guv will (or already has) signed it.

We get to go through 2X databases to be allowed to exercise our rights. :(

From a gunshop owner/TRT founder, all CO firearms sales through FFLs is down till the NCIS is back up.
 
I don't think it's the MMM, I think it's all the support of licencing.

I mean, with NICS perpetually down, wouldn't both purchasers and sellers alike want licencing?

Battler.
 
I work for a federal agency and ALL upgrades which would affect productivity are performed after hours. This was either emergency work or intentional. My guess: it was intentional. It's a soft kill on gun sales: they can't do it legitimately so they undermine through use of an accident.

My purchase plan just got accelerated as well.

[This message has been edited by buzz_knox (edited May 13, 2000).]
 
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